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Faculty & Staff

Dr. Valerie Ashby to Take Reigns at UMBC

Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby would like to make one point clear: there will not be any deviation from the mission or the vision of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) this summer when she takes over for Dr. Freeman Hrabowski as president.

News Roundup

National Science Foundation Recognizes Three Scientists with Alan T. Waterman Award

The U.S. National Science Foundation has named three scientists to receive this year's Alan T. Waterman Award, the country's top honor for early-career scientists and engineers.

News Roundup

University of Maryland Names Dr. Stephanie Shonekan Dean of College of Arts and Humanities

The University of Maryland has named ethnomusicologist and Black studies scholar Dr. Stephanie Shonekan dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. She will start on July 1 this year.

News Roundup

AAUP Report Finds Linfield University Violated Academic Freedom in Firing Professor

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a research and advocacy group focused on academic freedom, released a report investigating the dismissal last year of Dr. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured English professor at Linfield University.

African-American

New Book Explores Duality of Kanye West's Celebrity

Dr. Joshua K. Wright explores West’s two decades of stardom, his seemingly hypocritical political views, and the duality experienced by Black celebrities trying to negotiate the needs of community and the pressures created by a white-centric society.

HBCUs

Hampton University Names Alumnus and Retired General as Next President

Hampton University, a historically Black private college in Virginia, has picked a non-academic to serve as its next president.

Faculty & Staff

A Stellar Mentor

A self-described “stellar mortician,” Dr. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, a professor within the Astronomy & Astrophysics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, studies the deaths of stars.

News Roundup

USC Faculty, Students Support Janitor Fired After Accused of Stealing Student's Backpack

Several USC faculty members and students are rallying behind Francisca Trigueros, a 61-year-old janitor on campus who has been accused of stealing a student's backpack.

Faculty & Staff

Portland Community College Names Dr. Adrien Bennings Next President

Portland Community College has named Dr. Adrien Bennings its new president to succeed Mark Mitsui, who will retire at the end of June. Bennings will be PCC's first permanent female president.

News Roundup

NORC Names TiShaunda McPherson Senior Vice President, First Chief Diversity Officer

The nonpartisan research organization NORC at the University of Chicago has named TiShaunda McPherson as its senior vice president and first chief diversity officer.

Latest News

Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby Named Next President of UMBC

The Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland has named Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby as the next president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). She will be the first woman to helm the institution.

Faculty & Staff

Mount Holyoke College Names Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum Acting President

Influential educator and scholar, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum has been named interim president of Mount Holyoke College, the private women’s college located in Western Massachusetts.

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